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he is set to appear at george mason university for a rally on monday. his running mate paul ryan is racking up the frequent flyer miles, too. he is scheduled to hit ohio, pennsylvania, virginia, and florida in the span of eight hours today. >>> today is the last chance for d.c. voters to head to the polls before everybody else does on tuesday. early voting officially ends in the district tonight. last week people waited in long lines to cast their ballots. this weekend early voting in each of the district places runs from 8:30 this morning to 9:00 tonight. it is the last day for in person absentee voting in virginia. fairfax county extended hours today. you'll be able to vote from 8:00 this morning until 5:00 this evening. fairfax and loudoun counties both suspended in person absentee voting during hurricane sandy. >> early voting is over in maryland and now some people are worried about expected crowds on election day. in prince george's county long lines were the norm as people tried to cast their ballot before tuesday. some waited three or four hours
he is set to appear at george mason university for a rally on monday. his running mate paul ryan is racking up the frequent flyer miles, too. he is scheduled to hit ohio, pennsylvania, virginia, and florida in the span of eight hours today. >>> today is the last chance for d.c. voters to head to the polls before everybody else does on tuesday. early voting officially ends in the district tonight. last week people waited in long lines to cast their ballots. this weekend early voting in...
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he is set to appear at george mason university for a rally on monday. his running mate paul ryan is racking up frequent flyer miles as well. he is scheduled to hit ohio, pennsylvania, virginia, and florida in the span of just eight hours today. >>> today is the last day for d.c. voters to cast their ballots before most people vote on tuesday. early voting officially ends in the district tonight. last week people waited in long lines to cast their ballots. if you're heading out you have from 8:30 this morning until 9:00 tonight to cast your vote. or else wait until election day on tuesday. meantime it is also the last day for in person absentee voting in virginia. the polls are open now and stay open until 5:00 this evening. >>> early voting is officially over in maryland and now some are worried about expected crowds on election day. in prince georges county long lines were the norm as people tried to cast their ballots before tuesday. some waited three or four hours to cast their vote. around 56,000 people have taken advantage of early voting in the co
he is set to appear at george mason university for a rally on monday. his running mate paul ryan is racking up frequent flyer miles as well. he is scheduled to hit ohio, pennsylvania, virginia, and florida in the span of just eight hours today. >>> today is the last day for d.c. voters to cast their ballots before most people vote on tuesday. early voting officially ends in the district tonight. last week people waited in long lines to cast their ballots. if you're heading out you have...
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george mason was one of the members of the virginia delegation. he had written the declaration of the rights for the state of virginia in 1776. it was a few months before jefferson wrote the declaration of independence. when the convention was over, mason, who was a member of the virginia delegation, was greeted would not sign the constitution. washington was -- was -- was a member of the virginia delegation, would not sign the constitution. washington was infuriated. so came about one of the great informal agreements in american legal history. there was an agreement that if the constitution ratified as written by the 77 convention, there would be a bill of rights. -- by the 1777 convention, there would be a bill of rights. so we had a bill of rights in 1791. we have a hamiltonian structure under jeffersonian bill of rights. -- structure and a jeffersonian bill of rights. one of the principal structures is separation of powers and checks and balances. we use those terms often interchangeably. they have a different crest. separation of powers teach
george mason was one of the members of the virginia delegation. he had written the declaration of the rights for the state of virginia in 1776. it was a few months before jefferson wrote the declaration of independence. when the convention was over, mason, who was a member of the virginia delegation, was greeted would not sign the constitution. washington was -- was -- was a member of the virginia delegation, would not sign the constitution. washington was infuriated. so came about one of the...
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george mason has perhaps the best single line or on that. he said for the people who elect the president, it is late referring to try live colors to a blind man. and that is that view. anyway, so people can do it, what do they do? briefly these were introduced the idea and it passes this time and they make the president repeatable and shorten his term not from seven years to two, but from seven years to six. so they're kind of listening to someone's logic and not and went with it. for four days. and the backslide started when when they said okay, who gets how many electors? they started squabbling over that. so that was the beginning of the black site. four days later they returned entirely to the original scheme. the president single seven-year term, appointed by congress and removable by congress and that's it. matter over seemingly. so between july 19 and july 23rd, we had an elect to a college. we had presidential electors. but then the backsliding reverts entirely to the old vote. once again, frustrated, james wilson's is wait a second,
george mason has perhaps the best single line or on that. he said for the people who elect the president, it is late referring to try live colors to a blind man. and that is that view. anyway, so people can do it, what do they do? briefly these were introduced the idea and it passes this time and they make the president repeatable and shorten his term not from seven years to two, but from seven years to six. so they're kind of listening to someone's logic and not and went with it. for four...
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michael fauntroy at george mason university where he teaches urban policy comes civil rights policy and american government and we have just heard from janet murguia from national council of the bras. with that, mr. packer, to make is yours. >> first, thank you for the introduction and mark and chanel for others for having me on the piano with my colleagues here. so a couple of good things about the raising group in case you don't know. the briefing groups and government affairs, public affairs firm with 42 folks on our staff. overall majority of clients or progressive nonprofit organizations. firms really committed to advancing the ideals and missions of the whole broad range of the progressive community. personally i do education policy. as far as what the raising group i work for the national education association for 27 to doing policy for 35 years now. i wanted to talk first about some of the challenges we're facing because we face a lot of challenges. since her in washington all talk mostly about challenges we face, congress and the whole set of issues. so we'll start first with f
michael fauntroy at george mason university where he teaches urban policy comes civil rights policy and american government and we have just heard from janet murguia from national council of the bras. with that, mr. packer, to make is yours. >> first, thank you for the introduction and mark and chanel for others for having me on the piano with my colleagues here. so a couple of good things about the raising group in case you don't know. the briefing groups and government affairs, public...
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george mason has perhaps the single line. "for the people who elect the president, it is like referring to the trial of callers to a blind man -- colors to a blind man." if the people cannot do it, what do they do? they reintroduced the idea of the electorate. it passes this time. they make the president repeatable. a short in his term from seven years to six years. there was blesses into ris' logic.or it went through for four days. who gets how many electors? this started squabbling over that perio. the president, a single seven near term, appointed by congress and removable by congress. that is its. matter over. seemingly. between july 19 and july 23, we had an electric college. we have presidential electors. the reedbird entirely to the old vote. -- a return entirely to the zero vote. james olson says he is not happy to this. you do not want the people. what do you do? the problem with being elected by congress is the president can politick with in congress. what if he doesn't know who will make the decision? choose people
george mason has perhaps the single line. "for the people who elect the president, it is like referring to the trial of callers to a blind man -- colors to a blind man." if the people cannot do it, what do they do? they reintroduced the idea of the electorate. it passes this time. they make the president repeatable. a short in his term from seven years to six years. there was blesses into ris' logic.or it went through for four days. who gets how many electors? this started squabbling...
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he's joining us now from george mason university in virginia. what's going on? what's the latest, jim? >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney is wrapping up what will be his final campaign stop in the battleground state of virginia. his top campaign officials are predicting a clear and decisive victory tomorrow night. but they're going to be campaigning on election to reach what they're calling the last few undecideds. after his long five-year run for the presidency, mitt romney is sprinting to a finish line that is finally in sight, a contest the gop nominee says is between two competing visions, a brighter future -- >> tomorrow, we begin a new tomorrow. tomorrow, we begin a better tomorrow. >> reporter: more storm clouds on the horizon, he warns, if the president wins a second term. >> that same path means $20 trillion in debt. it means continuing crippling unemployment. it means depressed home values, stagnant take-home pay and a devastated military. unless we change course, we may be looking at another recession as well. >> reporter: his election campaign stops in f
he's joining us now from george mason university in virginia. what's going on? what's the latest, jim? >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney is wrapping up what will be his final campaign stop in the battleground state of virginia. his top campaign officials are predicting a clear and decisive victory tomorrow night. but they're going to be campaigning on election to reach what they're calling the last few undecideds. after his long five-year run for the presidency, mitt romney is sprinting to a...